United Cakes of America & Operation Hospital

United Cakes of America

Operation Hospital

I’m really excited about the next 24hrs as I’ve got two new programmes starting that are very different but that I’m equally proud of.

Tonight sees the start of United Cakes of America on the Good Food Channel. I had a challenging time driving a 1980’s Cadillac across the country stopping off along the way to meet some amazing people and to sample their best cake recipes and food. You can read more stuff about it on The Good Food blog.

Travelling a bit closer to home and revisiting a subject I’m really passionate about is Operation Hospital Food which starts at 9.15am on BBC One tomorrow. This time I’m in Birmingham tackling the issue of poor hospital food. I really believe good food can be like a medicine to patients which is why it’s so important for us to get it right. Scarborough and the team there have gone onto to do amazing things and all at no extra cost. Better still the restaurant is now a destination and Pat’s Place is on the culinary map. I recently did an interview with Good Housekeeping magazine which you can read here.

I hope you can tune in, if not set them to record, sky plus or I player stuff! J

  • phoephoe@wanadoo.fr

    Fifi in Provence watched Operation Hospital, loved it. If the whole NHS is (un)managed in the same fashion as the hospital kitchen, it is not surprising it is in such a bad way. Love James! Can I come and wash dishes??

  • lorna

    So, bit like “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” but sweeter…..LOL looking forward to it!!!!

  • Carla Gardiner

    Very much enjoyed both programmes, looking forward to episode 2 of the cakes of America tonight and some more operation hospital food tomorrow.
    And thanks for a lovely lunch at the Talbot today, we really enjoyed it and it was lovely chatting to everyone and meeting Ralph, he is such a sweetie.
    See you again soon x

  • Katie

    James, if anyone wants a bit more info about how hospital food can be successful with local sourcing, refer them to bit.ly/13kGQbh where Mike Pearson, Nathan Harrow and Roy Heath spent years arguing the case for local sourcing, and succeeded. Definitely worth a read, Cornwall have been doing it for years!

  • kdv120@aol.com

    check out todays show your so called top chef double dips his spoon in the soup at the back of shot while you are talking